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Detailed Synonyms for savage in English

savage:

savage [the ~] noun

  1. the savage
    the savage; the primitive
  2. the savage
    – a cruelly rapacious person 1
    the savage; the wolf; the beast; the brute; the wildcat
    – a cruelly rapacious person 1
  3. the savage
    – a member of an uncivilized people 1
    the savage; the barbarian
    – a member of an uncivilized people 1

savage

  1. savage

savage adj

  1. savage
  2. savage
    – without civilizing influences 1
    savage; wild; barbarian; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
    – without civilizing influences 1
  3. savage
    – (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 1
    cruel; vicious; savage; fell; brutal; roughshod; barbarous
    – (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering 1
  4. savage
    – wild and menacing 1
    savage; feral; ferine
    – wild and menacing 1
  5. savage
    – marked by extreme and violent energy 1
    fierce; savage; furious; ferocious
    – marked by extreme and violent energy 1

savage verb

  1. savage
    – criticize harshly or violently 1
    savage; to blast; to crucify; pillory
    – criticize harshly or violently 1
    • savage verb
      • The press savaged the new President1
    • blast verb (blasts, blasted, blasting)
    • crucify verb (crucifies, crucified, crucifying)
      • The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage1
    • pillory verb
  2. savage
    – attack brutally and fiercely 1
    savage
    – attack brutally and fiercely 1

Related Words for "savage":

  • savageness, savages, savager, savagest, savagely

Alternate Synonyms for "savage":


Related Definitions for "savage":

  1. without civilizing influences1
    • a savage people1
  2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering1
    • a savage slap1
  3. wild and menacing1
  4. marked by extreme and violent energy1
  5. a cruelly rapacious person1
  6. a member of an uncivilized people1
  7. criticize harshly or violently1
    • The press savaged the new President1
  8. attack brutally and fiercely1